Medical term:
electroencephalogram
electroencephalogram
(EEG) [e-lek″tro-en-sef´ah-lo-gram″]the record produced by electroencephalography; a tracing of the electric impulses of the brain.
Sample of electroencephalogram tracings showing normal activity, seizure activity, and brain death.
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e·lec·tro·en·ceph·a·lo·gram (EEG),
(ē-lek'trō-en-sef'ă-lō-gram),The record obtained by means of the electroencephalograph.
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electroencephalogram
(ĭ-lĕk′trō-ĕn-sĕf′ə-lə-grăm′)n.
1. A graphic record of the electrical activity of the brain as recorded by an electroencephalograph.
2. The procedure performed to produce such a record.
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electroencephalogram
Neurology A graphic recording of minute electric currents produced by neuronal activity scalp electrodes, which is used to diagnose neurologic disorders and in neurophysiologic researchMcGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
e·lec·tro·en·ceph·a·lo·gram
(EEG) (ĕ-lek'trō-en-sef'ă-lō-gram)The record obtained by means of the electroencephalograph.
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electroencephalogram
The multichannel tracing on paper of the output of the ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPH, representing the electrical activity of the brain as occurring between pairs of electrodes in contact with the scalp and representing the algebraic sum of an immense amount of underlying electrical activity.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
electroencephalogram
see EEG.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
Electroencephalogram (EEG)
A record of the tiny electrical impulses produced by the brain's activity. By measuring characteristic wave patterns, the EEG can help diagnose certain conditions of the brain.
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e·lec·tro·en·ceph·a·lo·gram
(EEG) (ĕ-lek'trō-en-sef'ă-lō-gram)Record obtained by an electroencephalograph.
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